CHAPTER 538 PAY THE PRICE

The air seemed to be frozen at the moment when they looked at each other.

Both Alan and Ayan were putting on an awkward look. But soon they looked away.

The rest of the Watts seemed to notice that something bad was about to happen. Worries crawled up

on their faces.

Twenty years ago, Alan was deserted from the family while his wife was run over by a car.

The hatred between him and Ayan had gone too strong to be dissolved.

Meanwhile, there had been a stereotype about Alan among the Watts—He was a loser!

Under no circumstances should a loser return to lead the family.

So ridiculous!

But it was actually about to turn into a fact!

Incredible!

Ernie took a look at Alan. He knew it was time to leave.

So he bowed to Leo, “Mr. Cohen, I am afraid we have to leave…”

“Mr. Cohen, I am leaving…”

…

Soon, all those guests had left one after another.

As they finished the meal, Louis marched out with his soldiers to guard around the manor.

Only Leo, Alan and his daughter, together with the rest of the Watts, were staying inside the manor.

Leo showed no intention to intervene. He just sat tight and watched.

After a long silence, Ayan finally mustered up his courage to walk over to Alan.

He stared at him sincerely, with no more anger or hate.

“Alan, time to go home and take my position.” Said Ayan.

Hearing that, the rest of them all gazed at Alan, waiting for his response.

Obviously, Ayan had let go of his hatred.

Both Leo and Lizzie were staring at him to expect his response.

Now it was all up to Alan.

After a long silence, Alan suddenly sneered, which brought the Watts a kind of bad feeling.

“Are you kidding me?”

Alan smiled bitterly, “Twenty years ago, you drove me out of the family and even killed my wife! Have

you ever concerned yourself with the fact that I was your son during all these years? My ‘fellow’

siblings, have you ever remembered that I was your brother?”

While speaking, Alan suddenly glared at Ayan and also the rest of his siblings, who had all witnessed

that tragedy.

Whoever his glare contacted, none of them dared to look into his eyes.

However, some of them suddenly refuted, “Yes, you were deserted! But we didn’t push you to the edge!

Otherwise, you should have been killed!”

“That’s right! You gotta learn to be grateful!”

“Ungrateful bastard!”

Most of them started to echo.

“Push me to the edge?” Alan let out a weird smile, “You didn’t do that because you didn’t even care.

You didn’t kill me just because you couldn’t benefit from it! Mercy has never been your reason!”

“In your views, I am nobody but something for you to play with. Don’t you remember how many times

you have been trying to stop me when I just started my own business?”

Soon, all of them were choked.

Indeed, they had conspired a lot against his business when it was just started.

There were so many upcoming projects being forced to be failed just a few days before the deal was

concluded.

“Now the family is on the edge of collapse. You are counting on me to survive this by making me the

patriarch?”

Alan sneered to continue, “I don’t give a shit!”

His answer struck Ayan hard

He hurried to look at Leo, only to find that he replied with a cold glimpse.

“I don’t see any value to maintain the Watts family if you can’t decide who is gonna be the next

patriarch.” Said Leo.

His words sounded like a bolt from the blue.

Ayan’s face turned ghastly pale all of a sudden.

The Watts was pushed to the edge of doom just because of the words of Leo.

Of course, Ayan wasn’t that naïve to believe that Leo would change his mind just after being nicely

treated for a dinner.

Ayan took a deep breath and said to Alan, “Alan, I am sorry for what I have done! Please, it’s time to

return home!”

Ayan sounded like pleading. This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

As the patriarch of the Watts, he was experiencing the humblest moment in his life.

However, Alan still responded with silence.

Finally, Ayan gritted his teeth to ask, “So what can I do to make you return?”

Alan answered coldly, “You killed my wife! The feud between us has been too great to deal with. I won’t

return unless you are dead!”

His answer jolted the manor!

“Alan, what the hell were you saying?”

“How dare you say that!”

“No, grandpa! Please make Laura your inheritor!”

…

Lane, Hollie and the rest of them were all shouting madly.

As soon as Ayan gestured, the air turned into silence again.

However, he didn’t shout loud as usual.

Instead, he appeared calm.

“Do you mean it?” asked Ayan while staring at Alan firmly.

Alan couldn’t help shivering a bit as soon as he noticed his determination.

Lizzie seemed a bit panic. She clutched at his sleeve, “Dad, it’s enough…”

However, Alan nodded, “I mean it!”

“Okay, mark your words!” Ayan made up his mind, “it was I who killed your wife! It’s a must for you to

revenge her!”

“I would like to kill myself to pay the price! But you gotta promise me that my body will be buried under

the ground of the old residence, where I lived and you grew up.”

His decision shocked the family.

Even Leo changed his attitude toward Ayan.

Though Ayan appeared stubborn and cold-blooded, what he had been doing was all for the family.

He was a traditional patriarch, willing to sacrifice himself for the family.

Alan stared at him with great disbelief, “Are you sure about it?”

“For sure! I am an old man in my seventies. The deal is worth!” Ayan seemed determined and fearless.

However, there was a tinge of hesitation deep down his heart while the others could also notice that.

Then he fixed his eyes on Alan, in which there surged up mixed feelings.

“Alan, I know you hate me. Deserting you is the worst mistake I have ever made in my life. Of course,

killing your wife made it even more unredeemable.”

“I gotta sincerely apologize to you for what I have done!”

“I would like to redeem my sin at the cost of my life. I hope you can take over my wish to lead the

family. And this is the last thing I am gonna ask for.”

Then he suddenly yelled out, “Bring me a dagger!”